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Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary Academy

Primary · King's Lynn · PE31 6AX

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 10 January 2023

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At a glance

63 pupils · 75% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
19% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.sandringhamandwestnewtonprimary.com/
URN
146062

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 1.17 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 10 January 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.17 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

10 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
Norfolk average56.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Parkend Primary SchoolLydney · 149 miles awayGood83%
Garboldisham Church of England Primary AcademyDiss · 34 miles awayGood58%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, CromhallWotton-under-Edge · 151 miles awayNeeds attention29%
Oldfield Primary SchoolKeighley · 125 miles awayGood33%
Summerbridge Primary SchoolHarrogate · 125 miles awayGood27%
Blackford CofE Primary SchoolCarlisle · 204 miles awayGood13%
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad OakBishop's Stortford · 70 miles awayExpected standard56%
St Kew AcademyBodmin · 276 miles awayNo current grade50%
Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary SchoolRomsey · 152 miles awayExpected standard80%
Alston Primary SchoolAlston · 183 miles awayGood38%
Lyng Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich · 24 miles awayExpected standard81%
Lift UtterbyLouth · 48 miles awayExpected standard82%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · White Irish 2% (Norfolk 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.63 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Norfolk: 5.56 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
11.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,231; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.6%62.3%
Social housing12.1%17.1%
Privately rented34.2%20.5%
Detached houses42.2%22.9%
Flats1.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026718 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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